Bracket for ink-wells



(No Model.)

W. LUMLEY. BRACKET FOR INK WELLS.

No. 427,883. Patented May 13, 1890..

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BRACKET FOR INK-WELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,883, dated May 13, 1890..

' Applicationfiled September 2, 1889. Serial No. 322,719. (No model.)

To aZZ rah-07111 it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIA LUMLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for Ink-Wells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in brackets for ink-bottles, but is more especially designed as an improvement upon the invention set forth in Letters Patent of the United States No. 397,558, granted me the 12th dayof February, A. D. 1889, in which the vertically-adjustable bracket or gibbetarm was locked at any desired point upon the gibbet-post by friction alone.

The prime object of this invention is to have the gibbetarm looked upon the gibbetpost at any desired point by clamping as distinguished from a frictional hold or the ac tion of a set-screw, whereby the marring of the gibbet-post is avoided and the arm securely locked in any adjustable position against accidental falling.

Another object is to combine with such a device an ink well and holder of novel construction, whereby'not only is the capacity of the well materially increased, but it is firmly secured in the holder against accidental displacement, but readily adjustable therefrom. These objects are attained by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an ink-well and bracket therefor embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, showing the gibbet-post in section; Fig. 3, an enlarged vertical section through the ink-Wells and holder therefor; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of the clamp for the gibbet-arm; and Fig. 5, a side elevation of a modification of my invention, showing a rigid and nonextensible gibbet-arm and a single post.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the d rawings.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the gibbet-post, preferably composed of an upright cylindrical bar, and where it is desirable to have two ink-wells this post may be bent downwardly,

so as to form two upright posts, as illustrated in Fig. 1, on each of which works a gibbetarm.

The gibbet-arm B is preferably composed of two sections, with a sliding connection therebetween, obtained by sliding each section longitudinally, and having a set-screw C attached to the end of one section and working'through the slot in the other section, by

means of which the two sections may belocked in any adjusted position, a guide-stud D projecting into the slot in the section to which the set-screw is attached.

On the inner end of the inner section is rigidly secured a clamp E, formed of a single The clamp,

tion-is out free from the main body of the clamp, forming two eyes F and G, one above the other, the former constituting a guide for the arm upon the post, while the latter sub serves the purpose of a clamp.

Through the straight portion II of the clamped portion G works a set-screw I, en gaging a screw-threaded openingin the main body of the clamp at the opposite sidethat is to say, in the straight portion thereof, which is integral with and not separated from the main body of the clamp.

In operation the set-screw I is loosened, the

arm adjusted vertically to any desired posi tion upon the gibbet-post by tightening the set-screw I, causing the clamping portion G to bind tightly upon the post, and the arm may be firmly secured in position, and such clamping will not mar the surface of the post, because the clamping-surface composes substantially the entire periphery thereof, and not at a single point in the periphery, as would be the case in the use of a set-screw. The form or manner of securing 'the gibbet post to the desk is immaterial, for, instead of being duplex, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it may be a single upright post, as shown in Fig. 5, attached to the desk-top, or, as shown by the On account of the com )arativel 7 limited size of the ink-well holder, as a result of which the capacity of theink-wells is somewhatlimited, it is desirable to use in connection with such a holder ink wells or bottles of a construction that provides the maximum capacity in the minimum space, and which also serves to reduce the vibration. To this end I provide the holder (1, pivoted upon the post I), projecting upwardly from, or, if desired, depending from, the outer end of the gibbctarm, having a series of recesses c on the under side thereof and contracted perforations (l at the upper ends of the recesses, extending through the holder, of less diameter than the recesses. In the recesses lie the ink-bottles c, having contracted necks f, which project upwardly through the perforations d flush with the upper surface of the holder (1, said necks being screw-threaded on their inner pcripheries, into which fits a corresponding nozzle or supplemental neck g, screw-threaded on the outer periphery thereof and provided with a lateral flange h of greater diameter than the opening (Z in the holder, so that when screwed into position the edges of the opening (Z will be clamped between the flange h and the body of the bottles, thus serving to firmly retain the bottle in position within the holder, but also permits the ready removal thereof by the unscrewing of the nozzle 71..

Access to the ink-well is gained through the central perforation i in the nozzle 71, which may be of any suitable diameter, the smaller of course the better, so far as preventing vibration is concerned, but of sufficient size to accommodate the pens ordinarily employed. In this manner the capacity of the ink-bottles is materially increased, their accidental removal or upsetting absolutely prevented, and while firmly secured in position within the holder are readily removable therefrom.

Obviously it would be no departure from the spirit of my invention to have the inkbottle secured thereto on the outer periphery thereof and the nozzle screw-threaded on the inner periphery, for the result would be the same in either case.

The screw-cap of the ink-bottles may be made of any suitable materialsuch as metal, glass, gutta-percha, paper, or any other kind of material that will snbserve the intended purpose; but it is preferably made of glass, with the screw-thread molded thereon.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In an ink-well holder, the combination, with the gibbct-post, of the gibbet-arm, the divided clamp secured thereto, one portion of which constitutes a guide and the other a spring-clamp encircling the post, and a setscrew engaging and guiding the spring portion thereof, substantially as described.

2. In an ink-well holder, the combination, with the gibbet-post A and gibbet-arm B, of the clamp E, rigidly secured to said arm and comprising the eyes F G, the spring-arm II, and set-screw I, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The combination, with the ink well holder provided with a socket on the under side thereof and a contracted portion extending from said socket through the holder, of an ink-bottle fitting in said recess, provided with a contracted neck, a nozzle fitting said neck provided with a peripheral flange lying upon the upper surface of the holder, and a screw thread connection between said nozzle and bottle, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with an ink well holder provided with an enlarged recess on the under side thereof and a contracted perforation extending from said recess through the holder, of an ink-well fitting in said recess and provided with a contracted neck screw-threaded on the inner periphery thereof, and a screw-threaded nozzle fitting into said neck and provided with a peripheral flange of greater diameter than the perforation in the holder, substantially as described.

5. In an ink-well holder, the combination, with a longitiulinally-adjustable gibbct-arm, a fixed gibbet-post, and a clamp secured to said arm adjustable and slidable upon said post, of an ink-well holder provided with a series of recesses 011 the under side thereof, ink-wells iittin g in said recesses, and separable caps for said wells securing the same in position, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM LUMLEY.

Witnesses:

R, C. OMOHUNDRO, W. R. OMOHUNDRO. 

